CVE-2020-5324CWE-427

Dell Client Consumer and Commercial Platforms contain an Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

High · published February 21, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Dell Client Consumer and Commercial Platforms contain an Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability. The vulnerability is limited to the Dell Firmware Update Utility during the time window while being executed by an administrator. During this time window, a locally authenticated low-privileged malicious user could exploit this vulnerability by tricking an administrator into overwriting arbitrary files via a symlink attack. The vulnerability does not affect the actual binary payload that the update utility delivers.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00252 · 15.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Published
2020-02-21T14:50Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 FEB 14:50Z
    Dell Client Consumer and Commercial Platforms contain an Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
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